Slavery By Lawsals 1400 Golden Age of Exploration Europeans sailed around Africa for money. 1500 European traders began to sell Africans guns Period: 1500 to 1800 The Europeans began to build trading posts in Africa 1900 Europe had taken nearly all of Africa 1900 Africans began to seriously rebel against colonization 1910 South Africa was granted Independence from Great Britan 1920 The Kikuyu people of Kenya began a political organization 1930 Italy invaded Ethiopia 1940 Kwame Nkrumah introduced the idea of pan - Africanisim 1948 white Southey americans made the apartheid law 1956 The people in the South rebelled against northern rule leading to two civil wars 1956 Sudan gained its independence from Great Britan 1957 Ghana gained its independence 1960 Nigeria became independent 1960 Belgium Congo became independent 1963 Kenya became independent 1964 Mandela was arrested and sentenced to life in prison for his actions 1965 Joseph Mobutu seized power 1976 The Igbo people tried to declare themselves independent 1989 F.W. De Klerk was elected president 1990 De Klerk reached announced the end of apartheid and released Nelson Mandela 1994 South Africa help its first open elections 2010 count people in Tunisia began to agitate for more democratic government 2011 A new government was elected 2011 Sudan recognized South Sudans independence 2011 President Ben Ali resigned and a democratic government was elected 2011 He was forced to resign 2012 Mubarak was replaced by a Islamic fundamentalist. 2013 His government was overthrown by the military